Anke de Haan

Anke de Haan is a researcher at the Ruhr University Bochum in the Chair of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology at the Research and Treatment Center for Mental Health (FBZ). She holds affiliations with institutions including the University of Cambridge and University of Zurich, where she has worked on trauma research and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for children and adolescents.

• Current roles: Postdoc Researcher (since 2023), Affiliated Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Cambridge, 2020–2024), Affiliated Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Zurich, 2019–2024)
• Education: PhD in Psychology (University of Zurich, summa cum laude), Master in Clinical Psychology (University of Bremen), Bachelor in Psychology (University of Bremen)

Her research focuses on trauma-related cognitions in children and adolescents, including their longitudinal impacts on mental health, transdiagnostic symptom patterns, and efficacy of trauma-focused CBT. She has developed measurement tools like the Functional Posttraumatic Cognitions Questionnaire (FPTCQ) and contributed to meta-analyses on therapy outcomes.

Key publications include studies in European Journal of Psychotraumatology and The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. She has secured multiple grants from organizations like the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), focusing on trauma interventions and long-term therapy effects.

• Scientific Awards: Three first-place awards at conferences in Zurich and Switzerland (2018)
• Grants: SNF Fellowships (2019–2020), BMBF Multicenter Studies (2025–2026), DZPG Early Career Grant (2025)